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" I started the company in 1986, but we didn't have the money to do a show until '92. "

Dries van Noten

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" I have my own office, and I'm there during the evenings and weekends. But during the week, I'm sitting in the middle of my studio, talking with everybody, deciding together every detail, every pallette, every yarn, every colour. "

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" I have a responsibility to the people who work for me, the manufacturers I work with. There is no point to clothes that don't sell. "

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" To create a collection, you need a narrative - an explanation to tell the team. "

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" For me, a show is an event - something we work toward that focuses an idea. "

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" I'm a very big fan of winter-flowering shrubs and bulbs. You have the smell, you have the color - it's really like a present from God when something like that is in flower in the middle of the snow. "

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" You'd think after 100 shows you'd be used to this, but it's not true for me. It always feels like the first show. "

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" My partner, Patrick, and I live in an old house in Belgium that was built in 1840 and is out in the countryside between Antwerp and Brussels. "

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" I prefer a scruffy atmosphere. "

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" Coincidence is important, the convergence of different ideas. "

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" When we were studying at the Royal Antwerp Academy, we were taught to seek inspiration from everyone, everything and everywhere. My parents and grandparents were also a great inspiration for me a very young age. "

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" When I have to do something fast, I wear the most unflattering rubber pants over my pants and a big easy sweater. I can get on my knees in the garden in whatever condition, and when I'm done, I can take it off, get in the car, and drive to the office. It's the most practical thing. "

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" I collect objects I fall in love with more than antiques per se. Value is not a criteria that attracts me to something. "

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" Various different people have inspired me throughout my career. From Francis Bacon to Vassareli, Coco Chanel to Christian Dior, Cecil Beaton, musicians, architects... the list is endless. "

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